Drug and Alcohol



Drug and Alcohol

Executive Summary

The Department of Public Safety has rendered invaluable security for the University campus for countless years. Despite the campus' location, the department's efforts have succeeded for a convincingly safe environment for the student body as well as its employees. The department's unrelenting dedication to the welfare of all the campus' students and faculty continues to be a top priority. While the success of the Department of Public Safety goes appreciated, the increasing number of arrests concerning drug violations on campus must also be recognized. Jim Doak, Chief of the Department of Public Safety claims "there is evidence of an increase in drug use at over the last couple of years" (Knox, 1998). The University's Judicial Affairs Crime Statistics report states there was 33 drug violations in the 2010-2011 school year. Drug violations were the second most prevalent form of misconduct. In addition, 45% of the disciplinary suspensions were alcohol or drug related last year. The continual growth of drug arrests and violations exhibits that the use and sale of drugs on campus is a serious problem. A setting permeated by drugs is indeed a hazardous place for all those correlated with this campus, as well as its many visitors.

Introduction

Recently on March 7th, 2012, Chief Jim Doak approved the team's proposal for the study of condensing drug arrests at the University campus. With this final report, we have provided the results to the chief. The Zero Tolerance team has reviewed's Judicial Affairs Crime Statistics and has concerns with the current number of drug arrests on campus. We have examined several methods to eliminate these crimes on campus in the future. We have considered the impact of drug crimes on campus and the key balance between the cost of implementing a new method for reducing these crimes and the expected success of the selected solution. We have also reviewed solutions from a legal perspective. Any attempts to reduce drug crimes on campus need to be lawful and also be capable to endure deliberation. Crimes on university campuses are strongly connected with illegal drug use. The basis of the team's goal in reducing the number of drug crimes on campus is making's campus safer for everyone. According to Anderson and Napierkowski (1998), “Violence and the use of Alcohol and other drugs on college campuses are often consistently correlated” (p. 207). With 33 drug violations on the University's campus so far in 2010, the team has found an insufferable increase from the 25 drug arrests from the year before (® University, 2009). These crimes undermine the safety of the campus and gave the team the motivation to find and research solutions to this problem.

Safety on campus is essential for all those associated with the university community. A campus that is free of drug crime and the related violence is an establishment where academics can thrive. While looking for possible solutions in reducing drug crimes on campus, the cost, effectiveness, and the legality of the proposed solution are kept ...